Best Practices for Bluetooth Development

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Android adds Bluetooth Low Energy support as API level 18 with the new BlueDroid stack; Nexus 4 and future Nexus devices ship with the APIs. The platform exposes GATT (characteristics, descriptors, services), scanning via StartLeScan, connect via connectGatt with async callbacks, and a GATT server API, but is central role only (no peripheral/broadcaster transmit yet). BLE throughput is ≈200 kb/s. Also adds AVRCP 1.3 metadata support. Battery tips: stop scans when found and avoid tight RF reconnect loops.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 3:37Bluetooth in Android
3. 7:45Bluetooth Low Energy
4. 12:56Bluetooth Low Energy Demo
5. 15:22Bluetooth Low Energy Flow
6. 16:09Discover Bluetooth Device
7. 19:05Bluetooth Service
8. 20:16Bluetooth API for Android
9. 22:17Battery Tips
10. 24:33AVR CP13
11. 25:56Office Hours
12. 26:59Questions

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